Chess Rules For Beginners

INTIAL POSITION AT START:
You see the initial position . Each side has 1 King, 1 Queen, 2 Rooks, 2 Bishops, 2 Knights and 8 pawns. The chessboard must be placed between the players in such a way that the near corner square to the right of the player is white. White commences the game. Your aim is to checkmate ( capture )your opponent's King.




CHECKMATE:
After you threat your opponent's king , if your opponent can't find any appropriate square to escape his king or can't capture the attacking piece or place another piece between his king and the attacker , he is checkmated.

CAPTURE:

When you move your piece properly to a square occupied by an opponent's piece , you capture this piece . Captured piece is now out of the chessboard.

The KING:

The most important chess piece is the king because if your king is captured , you lose the game.
The king can move one square in any direction that is not attacked by an opponent’s piece. If it is attacked by an opponent’s piece , it is in check.

CASTLING:

The king has a special move done with the rook. It is called castling. For the short and long castling see castling page.



The QUEEN:
The Queen can move any number of squares horizontally, vertically, or diagonally . It can't move over the pieces.

The ROOK :
The Rook can move any number of squares horizontally or vertically . It can't move over the pieces.




The BISHOP:
The Bishop can move any number of squares diagonally . It can't jump over the pieces.







The KNIGHT:
The Knight's move is as a letter "L" .1- It moves two squares horizontally and one square ahead or backward 2- It moves two squares vertically and one square left or right. Only the Knight can jump over the other pieces.







The PAWN:

The pawn always moves ahead. It moves one square but every pawn has right to move 2 squares ahead if it is first move .The pawn captures diagonally , but only 1 square ahead.

Pawn promotion :
If a pawn reaches the rank furthest at the opponent side , it is promoted to Queen ,Rook, Knight or Bishop . It cannot become a King or a pawn .







En passant
The pawn has a special move : en passant. For a detailed explanation click for en passant page.


The DRAWN :

The player has no legal move to do while his king is not in check. This is stalemate and the game is drawn.
Other conditions for the drawn:- Both of the player can not checkmate the opponent's king- Players agree on the drawn during the game.- Any identical position is about to appear or has appeared on the chessboard at least three times.- If each player has made the last 50 consecutive moves without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece.
A player who draws his game scores 1/2 point. A player who wins scores 1
, a player who loses has 0 point.